The Pieces That Finish A Setup
Event Accessory Rental in Edmonton
The small items that finish an order: velvet rope without posts, sign toppers for belt stanchions, sign stands that need nothing to lean on, and sandbags for anything standing outdoors. Delivered across Edmonton and Alberta.
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What we stock
Four items on one page. Jump straight to whichever one brought you here.
Velvet ropes
Five feet of velvet with a carabiner at either end. No post required.
See velvet ropes
Toppers
A sign frame that mounts into the head of a belt stanchion post.
See toppers
Sign stands
A floor post carrying its own frame, standing wherever you put it.
See sign stands
Sandbags
Twenty-five pounds on a buckled strap, holding a barrier foot down.
See sandbags
Velvet ropes
Every rope is 5 ft of velvet with a carabiner clip at each end. They rent on their own — if the posts are already yours, order rope and nothing else.
Rope ends are matched to the post they hang from — gold ends belong on gold and black posts, silver ends on polished chrome. Silver ends come in three colours — red, navy and black. Gold ends run to nine.
Need the posts as well? Rope stanchions → come with the rope already on them, matched to a gold, black or polished chrome post.
Red
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Black
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
White
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Dark green
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Pink
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Navy
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Blue
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Green
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Purple
Gold ends
Gold and black posts
Red
Silver ends
Polished chrome posts
Navy
Silver ends
Polished chrome posts
Black
Silver ends
Polished chrome posts
Toppers
The head of a belt stanchion post accepts a topper, which is the frame a printed sign sits in. It takes an 8.5 × 11 in insert, which you print and supply yourself.
A topper lands exactly where a queuing eye already is: the head of the line, at reading height, on the post the person is standing beside. Anything from where the line begins, to a lane letter, to which way check-in is. Because it rides on the stanchion, moving the lane moves the sign with it, and nobody has to walk back for the signage afterwards.
It is also the tidiest way to run sponsor or branded panels along a lane, because every frame is sitting on a post the layout already required.
The printed sheet is yours to supply. Ordinary letter stock out of an office printer drops straight in, which means the artwork can change the morning of the event without anything being reordered.
A topper has to have a belt stanchion under it — put the posts on the same quote from belt stanchions →.
Sign stands
A sign stand is a floor post with its own frame on top. It takes the same 8.5 × 11 in insert, but stands on its own instead of mounting to a stanchion — which is the entire difference between the two.
Standing alone is the whole point: it works in the places where there is no queue to clip onto. Beside a registration desk, at the lobby split where guests choose a direction, in a doorway carrying entry conditions, next to an activation.
Held against a topper the rule is simple — a topper needs a post, a sign stand needs nothing at all. Most orders take both: toppers along the stanchioned lanes, sign stands everywhere else a message has to go.
Bring your own printed letter-size sheets. What we rent is the frame, and an 8.5 × 11 in page fits it exactly as printed, with no trimming and no special stock.
Sandbags
Sandbags are 25 lb ballast weights, each with a nylon strap that buckles around a barrier foot and a handle so one person can carry several at once.
On grass and broken ground a barrier run generally holds itself. Poured concrete, a polished plaza, an exposed site, or any run standing free rather than closing back against a building — those are the cases where the feet want holding down, and a strapped bag does it without a stake or a drill going near the surface.
The same bag handles everything else on site that has to stop moving: a free-standing sign, a lighting stand, a pop-up leg. It buckles rather than knots, so striking takes as long as rigging did and no longer.
The covers are water-resistant, so a build weighted in the morning is still weighted after a wet evening. How many you need follows the surface and the exposure rather than the length of the run, so send the layout and the bags are counted on the quote.
Weighting a barrier run? See crowd control barriers →. Stage barricade is anchored by the crowd’s own weight on its base and needs none of these — see stage barriers →.
Our accessories in action
Accessories photographed where they end up on the day.
FAQ
Can rope be rented without any posts?
Yes — if the posts are already yours, order rope on its own. Each one is 5 ft of velvet with a carabiner at both ends, so it hangs on any standard rope post. Check the end cap against what you own before ordering: gold ends belong on gold and black posts, silver ends on polished chrome.
What size insert do the frames take?
Letter, 8.5 × 11 in, in either frame — portrait or landscape depending which one it is. Anything run off at a print shop or on an office printer fits as it comes out, with no trimming required.
Do you print the signage as well?
No — we rent the frame and you bring the printed sheets. There is no special stock and no artwork spec to work to, which also means the wording can change on the morning of the event without anybody being called.
What is the practical difference between the two frames?
Where each one stands. A topper mounts on the head of a belt stanchion, so it needs a post and it travels with the lane whenever the lane moves. A sign stand is a floor post with its own frame and needs nothing at all — a desk, a doorway, a lobby split. The insert is identical in both.
When does a barrier run actually need ballast?
On grass or rough ground, usually never — the run holds itself. Bags earn their place on concrete, on a polished plaza, on an exposed site, or anywhere a run stands free instead of closing back against a building. Stage barricade needs none, because the crowd on its base is the ballast — see stage barriers →. Send the surface and the layout and the count goes on the quote.
What do accessories cost to rent in Edmonton?
Everything on this page is quoted rather than carrying a fixed rate, because a dozen ropes for one doorway and two hundred for a festival gate are not the same order in any way. Send the dates, what you need and how many, and the event address, and one itemised figure comes back covering the lot with delivery and collection inside it.
Should accessories be booked as early as the posts?
They move with whatever they attach to, so the weeks that fill first are the same ones the posts and barriers fill on — award season and the summer wedding run. Outside those there is no minimum notice: send the dates you have and we will tell you what is available.